Flashback Quote of the Day

“We
want to make our position abundantly clear: we will not support efforts
to pass a CR that contains any unnecessary spending or legislative
provisions unrelated to maintaining government operations.  We
respectfully request that you fashion a CR true to the purpose of
temporarily continuing the activities of government at the absolute
minimum level necessary until we finish our work on the fiscal year 2011
spending bills.”

— House Appropriations Committee Republicans, in a letter to Chairman David Obey (D-WI) on September 14, 2010.